Iran-Built Aframax Tanker to Be Delivered to Venezuela

Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade Mehdi Ghazanfari announced today in Tehran that the first of the four Aframax tankers being built in Iran for Venezuela’s national oil company will be delivered in October. Aframax ships are oil tankers smaller than 120,000 metric tons deadweight (DWT) with a breadth of above 32.31 meters. Iran Marine Industrial Company (SADRA) is the manufacturer of the ships.

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Photo credit: Iran’s first domestically built Aframax. (IRNA/Press TV)

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Photos of Iran's Aframax oil tanker in stages of development

















Per OSGEOINT:

Iran is in the process of launching its first domestically produced Aframax tanker constructed by the Iran Marine Industrial Co. (SADRA) at the Bushehr island shipyard. The current ship is reportedly 113-tons and will be  delivered to Venezuela in the following year.

In building the ship, Iran originally contracted Polish advisers in January 2008 but were eventually replaced by a South Korean engineering company, according to Iran's PressTV and other open sources.

Reza Abdolmajid, a SADRA spokesman, says the ship costs around 52 million Euros to manufacture; however Venezuela reportedly paid 110 million Euros for each of the four Aframax ships on order.

Abdolmajid went on to say that SADRA was currently working on two Aframax tankers concurrently and noted that they were 60 and 22 percent complete.

Photos: Mehr News Agency, Sadra and OSGEOINT